CN112511539A - Multi-person session access method, device, storage medium and electronic equipment - Google Patents

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CN112511539A
CN112511539A CN202011378639.5A CN202011378639A CN112511539A CN 112511539 A CN112511539 A CN 112511539A CN 202011378639 A CN202011378639 A CN 202011378639A CN 112511539 A CN112511539 A CN 112511539A
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The disclosure relates to a multi-person session access method, a multi-person session access device, a storage medium and an electronic device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: responding to a multi-person session access instruction, and determining a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one invited party of the multi-person session; sending a first access invitation to the first terminal; obtaining an access response fed back by the first terminal; if the access response corresponds to the access refusal information, generating refusal detail notification, and pushing the refusal detail notification to each second terminal, wherein the second terminal is a terminal except the first terminal in terminals corresponding to the multi-person conversation participants; and generating access trigger information according to a timing task, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency. The method and the device can provide subsequent multi-person session access service for the user of the first terminal, improve multi-person session access logic and correspondingly improve user viscosity.

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Multi-person session access method, device, storage medium and electronic equipment
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of computer applications, and in particular, to a multi-user session access method, apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device.
Background
With the development of internet technology, mobile social applications have been integrated into the daily lives of users. At present, a multi-person conversation mode becomes a popular information platform for information exchange and discussion chat. In a multi-person conversation communication environment, conversation members can receive corresponding multi-person conversation messages in time, and communication efficiency is improved.
In the related art, a channel for participating in the multi-person conversation is provided for the user mostly by a mode of inviting the user to access the multi-person conversation, for example, if the user does not conveniently access the multi-person conversation when obtaining the invitation and directly refuses the invitation, negative feelings may be brought to other members participating in the multi-person conversation, the user may also have difficulty in participating in the multi-person conversation subsequently, and the communication efficiency and the user viscosity are reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The disclosure provides a multi-person session access method, a multi-person session access device, a storage medium and an electronic device, so as to at least solve the problem that in the related art, after a user currently refuses an invitation of a multi-person session, the multi-person session is difficult to access subsequently. The technical scheme of the disclosure is as follows:
according to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a multi-person session access method, including:
responding to a multi-person session access instruction, and determining a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one invited party of the multi-person session;
sending a first access invitation to the first terminal, wherein the first access invitation is used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session;
acquiring an access response fed back by the first terminal;
if the access response corresponds to the access rejection information, generating rejection detail notification, and pushing the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, wherein the second terminal is a terminal except the first terminal in terminals corresponding to the multi-person conversation participants;
and generating access trigger information according to a timing task, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
In an exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises: after the pushing the access trigger information to the first terminal, the method further includes: and obtaining the access response fed back by the first terminal again.
In an exemplary embodiment, the rejecting access information includes a re-access time parameter, the generating access trigger information according to the timing task, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal includes: triggering the timing task according to the re-access time parameter; and generating the access trigger information, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes an access mode parameter, where the access mode parameter is used to characterize an access session in a link mode or an access session in a pop-window mode; the generating access trigger information and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal includes: and generating the access trigger information according to the access mode parameters, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes an access type parameter, and the access type parameter is used for characterizing a session accessed through a video or a session accessed through an audio; the generating access trigger information and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal includes: and generating the access trigger information according to the access type parameters, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access denial message includes a reminder conferencing time parameter, and before the generating the access trigger message according to the timing task, the method further includes: and determining a target time point according to the reminding and conferencing time parameters, and issuing a reminding and conferencing message to the first terminal at the target time point.
In an exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises: and if the access response corresponds to the access permission information, accessing the first terminal to the multi-person session.
In an exemplary embodiment, when the access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter and a reject reason parameter, the generating a rejection detail notification includes: generating a rejection detail text according to the re-access time parameter and the rejection reason parameter; and generating the rejection detail notice according to the rejection detail text.
According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a multi-person session access method applied to a first terminal, including:
acquiring a first access invitation from a server, wherein the first access invitation is used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session; displaying a session access operation interface according to the first access invitation;
if a rejection control in the session access operation interface is triggered, generating rejection access information;
generating an access response according to the access rejection information, transmitting the access response to the server to trigger the server to generate a rejection detail notification, pushing the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, triggering the server to generate access trigger information according to a timing task, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
In an exemplary embodiment, the generating access denial information if the access denial control in the session access operation interface is triggered includes: if the rejection control is triggered, displaying a re-access time parameter configuration interface; and generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface.
In an exemplary embodiment, the generating access denial information if the access denial control in the session access operation interface is triggered further includes: if the rejection control is triggered, displaying a rejection access reason configuration interface; generating, in response to the operation on the re-access time parameter control, access denial information, including: and generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface and the access refusing reason configuration interface.
In an exemplary embodiment, the displaying the session access operation interface includes displaying the session access operation interface on top of or floating on top of a display screen of the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises:
if the receiving control in the session access operation interface is triggered, generating access permission information;
and generating an access response according to the access permission information, and transmitting the access response to the server to trigger the server to access the first terminal to the multi-person session.
According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a multi-person session access apparatus, including:
the user determining module is configured to execute a response to a multi-user session access instruction and determine a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one invited party of the multi-user session;
an invitation sending module configured to execute sending a first access invitation to the first terminal, the first access invitation being used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session;
an access response acquisition module configured to perform acquisition of an access response fed back by the first terminal;
a rejection detail notification processing module configured to execute, if the access response corresponds to the access rejection information, generating a rejection detail notification and pushing the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, where the second terminal is a terminal other than the first terminal among terminals corresponding to the multi-user session participants;
the timing task processing module is configured to execute a timing task, generate access trigger information and send the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access response obtaining module is further configured to perform obtaining the access response fed back by the first terminal again.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter, and the timed task processing module is further configured to execute triggering the timed task according to the re-access time parameter; and generating the access trigger information, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes an access mode parameter, where the access mode parameter is used to characterize an access session in a link mode or an access session in a pop-window mode; the timing task processing module is further configured to execute generating the access trigger information according to the access mode parameter, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes an access type parameter, and the access type parameter is used for characterizing a session accessed through a video or a session accessed through an audio; the timing task processing module is further configured to execute generating the access trigger information according to the access type parameter, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access denial message includes a reminding meeting time parameter, and the timed task processing module is further configured to determine a target time point according to the reminding meeting time parameter, and issue a reminding meeting message to the first terminal at the target time point.
In an exemplary embodiment, the method further includes accessing an allowed access information processing module configured to perform accessing the first terminal to the multi-person session if the access response corresponds to the allowed access information.
In an exemplary embodiment, when the access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter and a reject reason parameter, the rejection detail notification processing module is further configured to execute generating a rejection detail text according to the re-access time parameter and the reject reason parameter; and generating the rejection detail notice according to the rejection detail text.
According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a multi-person session access apparatus, applied to a first terminal, including:
the session access operation interface display module is configured to execute acquisition of a first access invitation from a server, the first access invitation is used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session, and a session access operation interface is displayed according to the first access invitation;
the access rejection information generation module is configured to execute that if a rejection control in the session access operation interface is triggered, access rejection information is generated;
and the access response generation module is configured to generate an access response according to the access rejection information, transmit the access response to the server to trigger the server to generate a rejection detail notification, push the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, and trigger the server to generate access trigger information according to a timing task, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering the push of the access trigger information according to a preset push frequency.
In an exemplary embodiment, the module for generating denial-of-access information is configured to execute displaying a re-access time parameter configuration interface if the denial control is triggered; and generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface.
In an exemplary embodiment, the module for generating denial of access information is further configured to perform, if the denial control is triggered, displaying a denial of access reason configuration interface: and generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface and the access refusing reason configuration interface.
In an exemplary embodiment, the session access operation interface display module is configured to perform displaying the session access operation interface on top of or floating on top of the display screen of the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access response generation module is further configured to execute, if an acceptance control in the session access operation interface is triggered, generating access permission information; and generating an access response according to the access permission information, and transmitting the access response to the server to trigger the server to access the first terminal to the multi-person session.
According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic apparatus including:
a processor;
a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;
wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to implement the multi-person session access method according to any of the above embodiments.
According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a storage medium, where instructions executed by a processor of an electronic device enable the electronic device to perform the multi-person session access method according to any one of the above embodiments.
According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer program product comprising computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium. The processor of the electronic device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions, so that the electronic device executes the multi-person session access method provided in any one of the above embodiments.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure at least brings the following beneficial effects:
by acquiring the access rejection information fed back by the first terminal, an access rejection detail notification can be generated according to the access rejection information, and the access rejection detail notification is fed back to the second terminal participating in the multi-person conversation, so that other participants can make clear the reason why the user of the first terminal cannot participate in the multi-person conversation in time, and a timing task can be set and triggered to provide the user of the first terminal with a chance of subsequently accessing the multi-person conversation.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram of an application environment illustrating a session access method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a multi-person session access method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a session access operation interface in accordance with an illustrative embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a re-access time parameter configuration interface in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram illustrating a re-access time parameter configuration interface in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 6 is another schematic diagram illustrating a re-access time parameter configuration interface in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 7 is another schematic diagram illustrating a re-access time parameter configuration interface in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 8 is a diagram of a multi-person conversation interface, shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating a multi-person session access method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 10 is a flow chart illustrating a multi-person session access method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a multi-person session access device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a multi-person session access device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device performing a multi-person session access method according to an example embodiment.
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In order to make the technical solutions of the present disclosure better understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present disclosure and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the disclosure described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.
In the related art, many instant messaging products integrate a multi-person conversation function, and can issue a multi-person conversation invitation to a plurality of users so as to start a multi-person conversation. For any user who receives an invitation to a multi-person session, he may choose to accept the invitation or reject the invitation. If the user directly refuses the invitation, other participants can receive refusal feedback, and the direct invitation refusal mode easily causes the other participants to generate the feeling of being refused by a rough violence. Further, when the user declines the invitation, there may be no other opportunity to participate again in the multi-person session, making it more difficult or even difficult for the user to participate again.
The multi-person conversation access scheme can allow a user to input rejection information, so that the rejection detail notice with rich information is pushed to other people participating in the multi-person conversation, further follow-up services can be provided for the user according to the rejection information, and the user can conveniently join the multi-person conversation again.
Referring to fig. 1, a diagram of an application environment of a session access method according to an exemplary embodiment is shown, where the application environment may include a first terminal 110, a server 120, and a second terminal 130. The server 120 shown in fig. 1 may be a single physical server, or may be a server cluster or distributed system formed by a plurality of physical servers. The first terminal 110 and the second terminal 130 may be connected to the server 120 through a wired network or a wireless network.
The first terminal 110 and the second terminal 130 may be, but are not limited to, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, and the like. The first terminal 110 and the second terminal 130 may have a client running therein, which provides a background service by the server 120, and may enjoy a multi-person conversation service by interactively accessing the multi-person conversation with the server 120.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a multi-person session access method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 2, the multi-person session access method is applied to the system formed by the first terminal 110, the server 120 and the second terminal 130 shown in fig. 1, and includes the following steps.
In step S10, the server determines, in response to the multi-session access instruction, a first terminal, where the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one of the invited parties of the multi-session, and sends a first access invitation to the first terminal, where the first access invitation is used to invite the first terminal to access the multi-session.
In this embodiment of the disclosure, the server may determine, in response to a multi-user session access instruction, a first user identifier, where the first user identifier is any one of user identifiers of invitees to the multi-user session, and send a first access invitation to a first terminal corresponding to the first user identifier.
The multi-person conversation refers to a conversation mode supporting a plurality of users to perform data interaction, and the data interaction can be text content interaction performed by the plurality of users or interaction performed by the plurality of users through pictures, audios and/or videos. The multi-person session can be integrated in a local client supporting the multi-person session, such as a temporary discussion group, a group temporary discussion group, an address book temporary discussion group chat room, a live broadcast room, and the like. The local client may be, but is not limited to, an instant messaging chat tool, social applications, news applications, forum applications, and the like.
The multi-person session access instruction is an instruction for inviting the relevant user to join the multi-person session, and the instruction may be issued by at least one user participating in the multi-person session or issued by the server according to a preset setting.
In some possible embodiments, the reservation may be made in advance in a server, the reservation content includes a multi-person conversation time and users invited to participate in the multi-person conversation, and when the multi-person conversation time arrives, the server may generate a multi-person conversation access instruction according to the reservation.
In some possible embodiments, the multi-person session access instruction may also be issued by at least one user located in a group, and group members in the group are each defaulted to users invited to participate in the multi-person session.
In step S20, the first terminal obtains the first access invitation from the server, and displays the session access operation interface according to the first access invitation.
In some possible embodiments, the session access operation interface includes a reject control and an accept control. As shown in fig. 3, which is a schematic diagram of a session access operation interface according to an exemplary embodiment, the triggering rejection control 10 may proceed to step S30, the triggering acceptance control 20 may generate access permission information, the first terminal generates an access response according to the access permission information, and transmits the access response to the server, so as to trigger the server to access the first terminal to the multi-person session. By setting the receiving control, generating the access permission information according to the receiving control and generating the access response according to the access permission information, the server can provide session access service for the client after acquiring the access response, and the user can conveniently participate in the multi-user session.
In step S30, if the reject control is triggered, the first terminal generates reject access information.
In some exemplary embodiments, if the reject control in the session access operation interface is triggered, a re-access time parameter configuration interface may be further displayed for the user. And generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface. The method comprises the steps of providing a re-access time parameter configuration interface for a user, allowing the user to configure the re-access time parameter under the condition of refusing to access, so that in the subsequent interaction process, a server can trigger a timing task according to the re-access time parameter configured by the user, generating and pushing access trigger information for the user, and the user can participate in the multi-user conversation through the access trigger information.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 4, which is a schematic diagram of a re-access time parameter configuration interface according to an exemplary embodiment, the re-access time parameter configuration interface may include a drop-down list 10-1, and if the reject control 10 is triggered, the drop-down list 10-1 is expanded, and the options in the drop-down list 10-1 may correspond to the re-access time parameters. In FIG. 4, "add slightly, 3 minutes later", "slightly, 5 minutes later", "slightly, 10 minutes later", "slightly, 15 minutes later" and the like, correspond to the re-access time parameters of 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes and 15 minutes, respectively. If the first user (the user corresponding to the first user identifier) selects "join after 3 minutes for a short while", the re-access time parameter is 3 minutes, the server may push access trigger information for the user after 3 minutes, and the server may further generate a rejection detail notification including the re-access time parameter, and push the rejection detail notification to the second user, so that the second user may know that the first user will join soon, and may perform a multi-user session with confidence. The second user in this disclosure is a user other than the first user among the users of the multi-person session participants.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 5, which is another schematic diagram of a re-access time parameter configuration interface according to an exemplary embodiment, the re-access time parameter configuration interface may include a radio box control 10-2, and if the reject control 10 is triggered, the radio box control 10-2 is set to an active state, and an option in the radio box control may correspond to the re-access time parameter. The radio box control 10-2 in fig. 5 also allows the user to customize the re-access time parameter, further improving the adaptability to the actual scene.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 6, which is another schematic diagram of a re-access time parameter configuration interface according to an exemplary embodiment, the re-access time parameter configuration interface may include a textbox control 10-3, and if the reject control 10 is triggered, the textbox control 10-3 is placed in an active state, and the textbox control 10-3 is used for inputting a re-access time parameter by the first user. In order to make the first user know what the first user is required to input, a prompt message such as "please input a subsequent access scheme" may be displayed on the re-access time parameter configuration interface in fig. 6. In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, which is another schematic diagram of the re-access time parameter configuration interface shown according to an exemplary embodiment, the user may be further guided to input the re-access time parameter configuration in the form of a question, such as a question "whether to join subsequently" is asked, and the input result of the user is obtained by the textbox control 10-4; and (3) proposing the question of adding after a long time, acquiring an input result of the user by the textbox control 10-5, and determining a re-access time parameter according to the input result.
In some exemplary embodiments, if the denial control in the session access operation interface is triggered, a configuration interface for a denial access reason may be further displayed for the user. And generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface and the access refusing reason configuration interface. The configuration interface of the access rejection reason is provided for the user, the user is allowed to input the access rejection reason under the condition of rejection, so that in the subsequent interaction process, the server can generate a rejection detail notice according to the access rejection reason, and the second user can conveniently know the reason of the rejection of the first user in time by pushing the rejection detail notice to the second user.
The specific type and specific setting content of the control in the interface for configuring the access reason for the denial are not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The setting mode of the above control can be referred to, and the description is omitted here. For example, a control in the deny access reason configuration interface may provide a deny access reason for the first user to select, such as "busy", "out inconvenient", or "not interested".
In some exemplary embodiments, to facilitate the operation of the first user, the session access operation interface may be disposed on top of the first terminal display screen or suspended on top of the first terminal display screen. In other embodiments, the session access operation interface may be dragged or hidden by the operation of the first user.
In step S40, an access response is generated based on the access rejection information, and the access response is transmitted to the server.
In step S50, the server obtains the access response fed back by the first terminal.
In step S60, if the access response corresponds to the access rejection information, a rejection detail notification is generated and pushed to each of the second terminals, which are terminals corresponding to the multi-person session participants except the first terminal.
In this embodiment of the disclosure, the server may push the rejection details notification to the second terminals corresponding to the second user identifiers, where the second user identifiers are user identifiers of the multi-user session participants, except for the first user identifier.
In the present disclosure, the second user may be a user other than the first user among users of participants of the multi-person conversation, the participants of the multi-person conversation being an invitee and an inviter.
In some example embodiments, the denial of access information may include a re-access time parameter and a denial reason parameter. The content of the reject reason parameter is the reject access reason input by the user in the reject access reason configuration interface in step S30. The generating the rejection detail notification may include: generating a rejection detail text according to the first user identification, the multi-person session identification, the re-access time parameter and the rejection reason parameter; and generating the rejection detail notice according to the rejection detail text. According to the method and the device, the second user can fully know the reason of rejection of the first user and the time of possible conference next time through enriching the information in the rejection detail notice, and the second user can conveniently control the progress of the multi-person conference.
Illustratively, if the first user ID is ID1, the multi-person session ID is ID2, the re-access time parameter is "3 minutes", and the reject cause parameter is "on business", a reject detail notification "the first user ID1 currently rejects access to the multi-person session ID2, and then 'no more access', the cause is 'on business'.
In some possible embodiments, the rejection details notification may also be displayed by tagging the first user at the multi-person conversation interface. The second user can be concisely and clearly informed of the rejection details of the first user in the multi-person conversation interface through the mark. Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 8, which is a schematic diagram of a multi-person conversation interface shown according to an exemplary embodiment, the avatar of the first user "selena" is marked gray to indicate that the user is currently refusing to join the multi-person conversation, and a line "a little bit later, join after 3 minutes" is added next to the "selena" avatar to show that the user can join the multi-person conversation after three minutes.
In some possible embodiments, if the access response corresponds to the allowed access information, the first terminal is accessed to the multi-person session.
In step S70, access trigger information is generated according to a timing task, and the access trigger information is sent to the first terminal, where the timing task is used to trigger pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
In the disclosure, the timing task is configured to trigger the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency, when the timing task is triggered, the access trigger information may be generated and pushed to the first terminal, and by acquiring the access trigger information, the first terminal may have a chance to participate in the multi-person session again.
The disclosure provides a multi-person conversation access method, which allows a first user to set a re-access time parameter and a re-access rejection reason in a multi-person conversation access rejection scene, so that a participating second user can know the re-access rejection reason of the first user and the subsequent time possibly participating in multi-person conversation in detail, and the second user can grasp conversation rhythm conveniently and adjust conversation content. Compared with the current situation that the first user may not access the multi-user session again after refusing to access the multi-user session in the related art, the access triggering information can be automatically pushed to the user by setting the timing task, the opportunity of accessing the first user again is provided for the first user, the first user does not need to pay much attention to the multi-user session, the pressure of the first user is relieved, and therefore the viscosity of the first user and the viscosity of the second user can be comprehensively improved.
Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a multi-person session access method according to an exemplary embodiment, which is illustrated in fig. 9 by taking an example in which the multi-person session access method is applied to the server 120 shown in fig. 1, and includes the following steps.
In step S10-1, in response to the multi-session access instruction, a first terminal is determined, where the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one of the invited parties of the multi-session.
In step S20-1, a first access invitation is sent to the first terminal, where the first access invitation is used to invite the first terminal to access a multi-person session.
In step S30-1, the access response fed back by the first terminal is obtained.
In step S40-1, if the access response corresponds to the access rejection information, a rejection detail notification is generated and pushed to each of the second terminals, which are terminals corresponding to the multi-person session participants except the first terminal.
In step S50-1, access trigger information is generated according to a timing task, and the access trigger information is sent to the first terminal, where the timing task is used to trigger pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
For details of the steps S10-1 to S50-1, please refer to the above embodiments, which are not repeated herein.
In some possible embodiments, a timer may be set in the server, which triggers the execution of the timed task. The access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter, and the timer may trigger execution of the timing task according to the re-access time parameter, generate the access trigger information, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal. The embodiment of the disclosure can trigger the execution of the timing task according to the re-access time parameter, and realize the purpose of pushing the access trigger information for the user at a fixed time, so that the user can obtain the opportunity of re-accessing the multi-user session after refusing the access.
In some possible embodiments, after the pushing the access trigger information to the first terminal, the method further includes: and obtaining the access response fed back by the first terminal again. By repeatedly performing steps S30-1 to S50-1, the user can be provided with the opportunity to re-access the multiplayer session a plurality of times.
In some possible embodiments, the access rejection information includes an access mode parameter, where the access mode parameter is used to characterize that a session is accessed in a link mode or a pop window mode; the generating access trigger information and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal includes: and generating the access trigger information according to the access mode parameters, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal. For example, the first user may set the access mode parameter as "send access link", and the server may determine a link corresponding to the multi-user session, and generate the access trigger information according to the link. By allowing the user to select the access mode, the viscosity of the user can be further improved.
In some possible embodiments, the access rejection information includes an access type parameter, and the access type parameter is used for characterizing a session accessed through a video or a session accessed through an audio; the generating access trigger information and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal includes: and generating the access trigger information according to the access type parameters, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal. For example, if the first access invitation received by the first user is in a video form to join a multi-person session, but the first user does not wish to join in a video form, the access type parameter may be set to pass through the audio access session, and the server may generate access trigger information that allows the user to access the session in an audio form. This embodiment not only gives the user the opportunity to re-access the multi-person session, but also gives the user the option to access the mode, which may further increase the user's viscosity.
In some possible embodiments, the access denial message includes a reminding meeting time parameter, and before the access trigger message is generated according to the timing task, the method further includes: and determining a target time point according to the reminding and conferencing time parameters, and issuing a reminding and conferencing message to the first terminal corresponding to the first user identifier at the target time point. According to the method and the device, the first user can be allowed to set the reminding and meeting time parameter, and the user is reminded of meeting in time at the time point determined according to the reminding and meeting time parameter, so that the time planning of the user is facilitated, and the conversation among multiple persons is avoided.
The multi-user session access method can be applied to the server, so that the server can automatically provide access service for the first user according to the access rejection information. The first user can enjoy the intelligent and customizable access service provided by the server by freely and flexibly setting the content of the access refusing information.
Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a multi-person session access method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 10, the multi-person session access method is applied to the first terminal 110 shown in fig. 1 as an example, and includes the following steps.
In step S10-2, a first access invitation from a server is obtained, where the first access invitation is used to invite the first terminal to access a multi-person session, and a session access operation interface is displayed according to the first access invitation.
In step S20-2, if the reject control in the session access operation interface is triggered, reject information is generated.
In step S30-2, an access response is generated according to the access rejection information, the access response is transmitted to the server to trigger the server to generate a rejection detail notification, the rejection detail notification is pushed to each second terminal, and the server is triggered to generate access trigger information according to a timing task, the timing task is used to trigger the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency, and the access trigger information is sent to the first terminal.
In the disclosure, reference may be made to the above embodiments for details of the steps S10-2 to S30-2, which are not repeated herein.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a multi-person session access device, according to an example embodiment. Referring to fig. 11, the apparatus includes:
the user determining module 10-1 is configured to execute responding to a multi-person session access instruction and determine a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one invited party of a multi-person session;
an invitation sending module 20-1 configured to execute sending a first access invitation to the first terminal, the first access invitation being used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session;
an access response acquiring module 30-1 configured to perform acquiring an access response fed back by the first terminal;
a rejection detail notification processing module 40-1 configured to execute, if the access response corresponds to the access rejection information, generating a rejection detail notification, and pushing the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, where the second terminal is a terminal other than the first terminal among terminals corresponding to the multi-user session participants;
the timed task processing module 50-1 is configured to execute generating access trigger information according to a timed task, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal, where the timed task is used to trigger pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access response obtaining module is further configured to perform obtaining the access response fed back by the first terminal again.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter, and the timed task processing module is further configured to execute triggering of the timed task according to the re-access time parameter; and generating the access trigger information and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes an access mode parameter, where the access mode parameter is used to characterize an access session in a link mode or an access session in a pop-window mode; the timed task processing module is further configured to execute generating the access trigger information according to the access mode parameter, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access rejection information includes an access type parameter, and the access type parameter is used to characterize a session accessed through a video or a session accessed through an audio; the timed task processing module is further configured to execute generating the access trigger information according to the access type parameter, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access denial message includes a reminding participating time parameter, and the timed task processing module is further configured to determine a target time point according to the reminding participating time parameter, and issue a reminding participating message to the first terminal at the target time point.
In an exemplary embodiment, the system further includes an access permission information processing module configured to perform, if the access response corresponds to the access permission information, accessing the first terminal to the multi-person session.
In an exemplary embodiment, when the access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter and a reject reason parameter, the rejection detail notification processing module is further configured to generate a rejection detail text according to the re-access time parameter and the reject reason parameter; and generating the rejection detail notice according to the rejection detail text.
Fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a multi-person session access device, according to an example embodiment. Referring to fig. 12, the apparatus is applied to a first terminal, and includes:
a session access operation interface display module 10-2, configured to execute obtaining a first access invitation from a server, where the first access invitation is used to invite the first terminal to access a multi-user session, and display a session access operation interface according to the first access invitation;
a refusal access information generating module 20-2 configured to execute generating refusal access information if a refusal control in the session access operation interface is triggered;
an access response generating module 30-2, configured to perform generating an access response according to the access rejection information, transmit the access response to the server, to trigger the server to generate a rejection detail notification, push the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, and trigger the server to generate access trigger information according to a timing task, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal, where the timing task is used to trigger the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
In an exemplary embodiment, the module for generating denial-of-access information is configured to execute displaying a re-access time parameter configuration interface if the denial control is triggered; and generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface.
In an exemplary embodiment, the module for generating denial-of-access information is further configured to perform, if the denial control is triggered, displaying a denial-of-access reason configuration interface: and generating access refusing information in response to the triggering operation of the re-access time parameter configuration interface and the access refusing reason configuration interface.
In an exemplary embodiment, the session access operation interface display module is configured to display the session access operation interface on a top of a display screen of the first terminal or suspend the session access operation interface on a top layer of the display screen of the first terminal.
In an exemplary embodiment, the access response generation module is further configured to execute, if an acceptance control in the session access operation interface is triggered, generating access permission information; and generating an access response according to the access permission information, and transmitting the access response to the server to trigger the server to access the first terminal to the multi-person session.
With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.
In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided an electronic device, comprising a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; wherein the processor is configured to implement the steps of the multi-person session access method provided in any of the above embodiments when executing the instructions stored in the memory.
The electronic device may be a terminal, a server, or a similar computing device, taking the electronic device as a server as an example, fig. 13 is a block diagram of an electronic device for executing a multi-person conversation access method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the electronic device 1000 may generate a relatively large difference due to different configurations or performances, and may include one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs) 1010 (the processors 1010 may include but are not limited to Processing devices such as a microprocessor MCU or a programmable logic device FPGA), a memory 1030 for storing data, and one or more storage media 1020 (e.g., one or more mass storage devices) for storing application programs 1023 or data 1022. Memory 1030 and storage media 1020 may be, among other things, transient or persistent storage. The program stored in the storage medium 1020 may include one or more modules, each of which may include a sequence of instructions operating on an electronic device. Still further, the central processor 1010 may be configured to communicate with the storage medium 1020 to execute a series of instruction operations in the storage medium 1020 on the electronic device 1000. The electronic device 1000 may also include one or more power supplies 1060, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 1050, one or more input-output interfaces 1040, and/or one or more operating systems 1021, such as Windows Server, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, and so forth.
Input-output interface 1040 may be used to receive or transmit data via a network. Specific examples of the network described above may include a wireless network provided by a communication provider of the electronic device 1000. In one example, i/o Interface 1040 includes a Network adapter (NIC) that may be coupled to other Network devices via a base station to communicate with the internet. In an exemplary embodiment, the input/output interface 100 may be a Radio Frequency (RF) module, which is used for communicating with the internet in a wireless manner.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure shown in fig. 13 is only an illustration, and is not intended to limit the structure of the electronic device. For example, the electronic device 1000 may also include more or fewer components than shown in FIG. 13, or have a different configuration than shown in FIG. 13.
In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, enable the electronic device to perform the steps of the multi-person session access method in the above-described embodiments.
In an exemplary embodiment, a computer program product is also provided that includes computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium. The processor of the electronic device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions, so that the electronic device executes the multi-person session access method provided in any one of the above embodiments.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware instructions of a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database, or other medium used in the embodiments provided herein may include non-volatile and/or volatile memory, among others. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), Programmable ROM (PROM), Electrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in a variety of forms such as Static RAM (SRAM), Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Rambus Direct RAM (RDRAM), direct bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).
Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

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1. A multi-person session access method, comprising:
responding to a multi-person session access instruction, and determining a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one invited party of the multi-person session;
sending a first access invitation to the first terminal, wherein the first access invitation is used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session;
acquiring an access response fed back by the first terminal;
if the access response corresponds to the access rejection information, generating rejection detail notification, and pushing the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, wherein the second terminal is a terminal except the first terminal in terminals corresponding to the multi-person conversation participants;
and generating access trigger information according to a timing task, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
2. The multi-person session access method according to claim 1, wherein after said pushing the access trigger information to the first terminal, further comprising: and obtaining the access response fed back by the first terminal again.
3. The multi-person session access method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter, and the generating access trigger information according to the timing task and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal includes:
triggering the timing task according to the re-access time parameter;
and generating the access trigger information, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal.
4. The multi-person session access method according to claim 1, wherein when said access rejection information includes a re-access time parameter and a reject reason parameter, said generating a rejection detail notification comprises:
generating a rejection detail text according to the re-access time parameter and the rejection reason parameter;
and generating the rejection detail notice according to the rejection detail text.
5. A multi-user session access method is applied to a first terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:
acquiring a first access invitation from a server, wherein the first access invitation is used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session;
displaying a session access operation interface according to the first access invitation;
if a rejection control in the session access operation interface is triggered, generating rejection access information;
generating an access response according to the access rejection information, transmitting the access response to the server to trigger the server to generate a rejection detail notification, pushing the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, triggering the server to generate access trigger information according to a timing task, and sending the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering the pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
6. A multi-person session access apparatus, comprising:
the user determining module is configured to execute a response to a multi-user session access instruction and determine a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a terminal corresponding to any one invited party of the multi-user session;
an invitation sending module configured to execute sending a first access invitation to the first terminal, the first access invitation being used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session;
an access response acquisition module configured to perform acquisition of an access response fed back by the first terminal;
a rejection detail notification processing module configured to execute, if the access response corresponds to the access rejection information, generating a rejection detail notification and pushing the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, where the second terminal is a terminal other than the first terminal among terminals corresponding to the multi-user session participants;
the timing task processing module is configured to execute a timing task, generate access trigger information and send the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering pushing of the access trigger information according to a preset pushing frequency.
7. A multi-user session access device applied to a first terminal, comprising:
the session access operation interface display module is configured to execute acquisition of a first access invitation from a server, the first access invitation is used for inviting the first terminal to access a multi-person session, and a session access operation interface is displayed according to the first access invitation;
the access rejection information generation module is configured to execute that if a rejection control in the session access operation interface is triggered, access rejection information is generated;
and the access response generation module is configured to generate an access response according to the access rejection information, transmit the access response to the server to trigger the server to generate a rejection detail notification, push the rejection detail notification to each second terminal, and trigger the server to generate access trigger information according to a timing task, and send the access trigger information to the first terminal, wherein the timing task is used for triggering the push of the access trigger information according to a preset push frequency.
8. An electronic device, comprising:
a processor;
a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;
wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to implement the multi-person session access method of any one of claims 1 to 4 or the multi-person session access method of claim 5.
9. A storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, enable the electronic device to perform the multi-person session access method of any one of claims 1 to 4, or the multi-person session access method of claim 5.
10. A computer program product comprising computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium, the computer instructions being read by a processor of an electronic device from the computer readable storage medium, the computer instructions being executable by the processor to cause the electronic device to perform the multi-person session access method of any one of claims 1 to 4 or the multi-person session access method of any one of claim 5.
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